Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell has some of the traits that turn pros into living legends, and he's close to one in particular.

Both possibilities are in play as Seattle, Las Vegas, Dallas and San Francisco decide on next coaches and play callers for 2025.

As six NFL teams attempt to fill vacancies, here's the case for 73-year-old former Seahawks leader Pete Carroll as a viable NFL head coach in 2025.

Hughes’ NFL experience includes a two-year stint as the Vikings’ defensive backs coach under Bud Grant in 1982 and 1983, giving him a connection with one of the Raiders’ head coach candidates. Grant retired after the 1983 season, but returned to Minnesota in 1985 and hired Pete Carroll in Hughes’ former position.

Read the recent NFL news and rumors for fantasy football. The Athletic's Tarran Reed writes that former Seattle Seahawks head coach

Aaron Glenn has filled an NFL coaching vacancy at the New York Jets, joining Ben Johnson at the Chicago Bears and Mike Vrabel at the New England Patriots. The Dallas Cowboys are among four teams still searching.

The Bears have confirmed interviewing 15 candidates, a list highlighted by Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, former Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, former Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy and former Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel, who got the job in New England.

The Chicago Bears interviewed Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores and Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich for their head coaching job Saturday. The 43-year-old Flores has been running Minnesota’s defense the last two seasons after a stint as a senior defensive assistant and linebackers coach for Pittsburgh in 2022.

As the NFL coaching carousel picked up steam, so did the rumor mill about where the Seahawks' search for a new offensive coordinator may be headed.

He won a Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers alongside Tom Brady, and now he joins the Las Vegas Raiders to help plan for the upcoming NFL season.

Chicago Bears Chairman George McCaskey gets a rare ‘W’ with the hiring of Ben Johnson as the franchise's next coach.

The Washington Commanders are in the NFC championship game after going 12-5 in the regular season and winning two playoff games. It’s the furthest the team has advanced in more than three decades, and it comes after going 4-13 in 2023.